The Colors Are Begining

 

This is the dirt road I have walked for 30 Plus years. It really is pretty in every season but of course fall is just amazing.

On this walk I bumped into someone new in town.

who felt that this road should be paved??? What no way!!!!

The beautiful field is just starting to show her colors.

 

And right next to it is a very old cemetery. I do not walk in there as the ground is pretty soft now.

But it is such a peaceful place to rest.

 

On a beautiful dirt road (no pavement needed.)

Why do people feel the need to move into town and want to change things? There is a peace and beauty on this road let's leave it that way please.

Have a wonderful week!

Science Or....

I have a coffee and some keto cookies. I took a couple of Motrin as I spent hours cleaning out gardens, planting 3 long rows of garlic, and cutting back rose bushes. To say I am tired, and sore is an understatement. But our Patriots play very soon so we are all tucked in. 

It is a perfect fall day. The colors are starting to pop, it was in the 60s clear and just perfect!

 

October 1st and it was cool enough to have a fire. We still have not turned on the furnace. 

This picture was taken by a weatherperson working on the top of our highest peak Mt Washington. There was no one else on the top when this picture was taken what do you think???

It was explained away by the science community. The short version is it is a reflection in the fog and clouds of the person taking the picture. I just know when this was posted to their fb page people did not believe that explanation at all. 

Thoughts?

Mount Washington Observatory on Facebook

Short But Sweet

frost is in the forecast for Friday. I picked some green tomatoes and 

made some green tomato relish. my first time making this relish, and boy is this good!

I have been walking most days. Because we were so dry this summer our fall is slow in coming and not the really bright colors yet that we are so used to. 

My favorite time of year. 

Have a great Evening!

Sunday

We got up early and headed out for breakfast. The first time in a very long time. Well, we found a quilt show while out and about. 

Whoever did the marketing for this show did a great job!

They put quilts in all the businesses window and had a group of food trucks near the entrance. We decided to not attend the show, but I do appreciate the amazing work. 

We went to a little vintage fair and a couple of stores.

I got this small tablecloth that is April Cornell for 2.00 perfect for the porch. We also purchased some handmade ricotta cheese that is pretty yummy. 

I found a Susan Branch calendar for next year at a big discount. I usually get 2 one desk calendar and one for the house. Now all I need is the desk calendar. 

I also got several packages of spring bulbs to plant. I am trying to add more bulbs each year, so we have lot and lots of color when the snow finally goes. 

Husband made us a new charcuterie board. Or as we always called appetizers. Rain forecasted for this afternoon, so we are tucked in watching our patriots play and I am continuing to work on my rug.

Have a wonderful week!

Still Working On It.

Yes, tonight is the fall equinox, and it is really going to feel like it.

This morning pouring rain and thunder woke us up.

Tomorrow it will not get out of the 40's. A hurricane will pass by us and right into the Candian Maritimes. Please all of you be safe.

It will kick our surf up and give us 50mph gusts. That is how powerful it is, and it is headed right to Canada. 

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We had a few bananas that were past and so I made some bread. These are the mini loaves. We ate one put the rest in the freezer to take out as we want. 

I am still plugging along on the border of my rug I am hooking in the evening while watching tv. I had stopped doing that when I got my rug room done over but since winter is on the way and there is more tv watching going on I brought it down. I have no idea what I am going to do with the corners. 

I have been very worried about the prices of heating oil and the food etc etc. While we are not poor and will do ok how long before we really feel the pressure? I called our heating oil company they wanted me to pay them 400.00 and they will promise to not charge us over 5.15 a gallon for heating oil this winter. (The $$ is just for the promise) I gambled and said "I will pass"

The news here is loaded with stories of people trying to find cord wood to burn this winter and how much it is. I am thankful we have enough for at least 3 more years, but we still use heating oil. I don't remember feeling this way before in other times and there have been hard times we have lived through before. Is it because we are older?

Ok enough hand wringing tonight 

Enjoy your weekend!  

Shades of Fall

The wild asters are blooming everywhere. 

 

We had a drier summer, so I am seeing the leaves dry and fall off the trees before they turn colors. So, I am not hopeful for a very colorful fall. 

But I am still holding out hope. This is my favorite time of year.

It certainly is the most beautiful

Our wood pile that hopefully keeps the oil man away. I am a bit afraid of the heating oil prices for this coming winter. 

 

 

Back to my rug I am trying a teal blue border. I think I really like it. Much better than the brown I have started. 

Hopefully this is a better picture of my rug it should work to enlarge it. I am coming to the finish line with this rug. I have a very large witch I would like to get started but I have another owl rug I am taking to rug camp at the end of October.

As a kid I loved the smell and sounds of fall. I used to walk to school

I loved walking in the leaves and hearing the crunch they made.

I remember picking the most beautiful leaves and my mother helping me iron them between two pieces of wax paper to save them. I use to have a big dictionary full of my most favorite leaves now I wish I still had them sigh....

Have a wonderful week. 

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

Sunday, we went to our daughter's house to celebrate her birthday a bit early. Her lights went out for a few minutes

while we went frogging at the pond in their neighborhood.

Once you catch a frog (He was a big one) you team up with another 

frog catcher (her dad) and you put them a few feet from the pond and see who hops to the pond first. B's big guy won!

By the time we left to go home (after dark) they had closed the easy access to home because of some accident. Sooooo We had to go all the way around....

To the Kancamagus highway (Ok highway is a very lose term here)

See this road? Think pitch dark! No bigger than a cow path at some points. It is used mainly for access to hiking trails in the White Mountains National Forest. 

Across this bridge and onto the highway. Well at least it was wider than this cow path, and it had lines, it was very slow going for our old eyes. 

We turn into our neighborhood over an hour later and we see a woman who we do not know walking with a flashlight and staring down at her phone??? I get a text from the neighbor "Do you have power?" Well, no we don't but the generator is happily going, and we are just fine. But the woman with the flashlight was staying at one of the air B and Bs here and when the power went out, we think she freaked. It is dark here no streetlights and no cell phone service. I have no idea where she walked to, but it would be a good 4 miles in either direction to pick up service. City folk lol. The lights were not out that long, and I hope she was fine. Oh, and my daughter reports we had just left, and they lost power. It was a dark night. 

Ok I am having picture issues with my phone, but I did pick up my hook again and this is where I am on my rug. the right lower corner is all I have left. I am not sold on the border I have chosen that may change. But it felt good to hook and at least chat with other people even if they were just knitting lol.

This stuck me funny so I will leave you with this. 

Have a wonderful week.